U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Six years after the city of Indianapolis amended its adult-business ordinances, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered
the District Court to hold an evidentiary hearing on whether the restricted hours in the new ordinance violate the businesses'
constitutional rights.

Clark County lost in its efforts to be dismissed from suits filed by two fired Clark Circuit Court employees. Chief Judge
David F. Hamilton in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana, ordered the county to file answers to the complaints
no later than Sept. 6.

A southern Indiana company could be on the hook for $26 million in contaminated site cleanup costs, a consequence of a federal
judge's default ruling in June that found the business and its former attorneys had purposely withheld evidence and misled
the court.

A federal judge in Indianapolis has found that a death row inmate is competent to assist his attorneys and proceed with a
five-year-old habeas appeal that's been stayed twice because of mental health concerns.

In a ruling that could impact pending litigation involving Indiana Protection and Advocacy Services, the 7th Circuit
Court of Appeals decided the agency doesn't have standing to bring suits in federal court.

A magistrate judge has recommended that the Marion County Sheriff's motions to dismiss a complaint against him be denied.
A suit was filed following the death of an inmate who didn't receive his needed medicine

An Indianapolis law firm sanctioned for the conduct of some of its attorneys in an environmental cleanup case won't appeal
the sanction and has agreed to pick up some of the opposing counsel's legal tab as part of a settlement agreement.

A federal judge denied an Indiana State Police officer's motion for summary judgment in a suit alleging he violated a
motorist's rights under the Fourth and 14th amendments, ruling it should be up to a jury to decide the issues because
the parties' stories regarding what happened during the traffic stop differ radically.

A second clean-air violation trial is underway in Indianapolis about whether coal-fired power plant modifications triggered
a need for new pollution-control equipment at facilities in Indiana and Ohio.

Attorneys have settled a federal case that led to the Marion Superior Court scrapping its practice of issuing bench warrants
for the arrest of people who'd failed to appear in civil cases, but a statewide investigation of whether state law allows
judges to issue these warrants remains ongoing.

The first-ever federal death penalty trial for the Southern District of Indiana was set to start today, but a plea agreement
means a trial likely won't be happening at all for a man connected to a violent killing spree four years ago.

A magistrate judge has issued a protective order to preserve and maintain the confidentiality of certain documents in a lawsuit
filed by members of the Indiana National Guard against a contractor working in Iraq.